N07776 Nickel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel
N07776 nickel belongs to the nickel alloys classification, while S15700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is N07776 nickel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 1.1 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 | |
| 370 to 770 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 770 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 | |
| 1180 to 1890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 500 to 1770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 85 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 270 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 17 to 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 | |
| 640 to 4660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 42 to 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 32 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 39 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 22 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 24.5 | |
| 69.6 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 15 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 50 to 60 | |
| 6.5 to 7.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |